La Spezia Apartments

Located in La Spezia, a hotel for visiting Cinque Terre, the hotel is close to the train station and can be reached on foot. The hotel room is very clean and the breakfast is also good.

When I arrived on the first day, the navigation was always wrong. I turned around and around and finally found the hotel. There was only one parking space in front of the door, so I parked first. I asked the front desk, and they said that this was the parking space for checking in and I couldn't park there. I went out to look for a parking space for a long time and couldn't find a parking space. I was very tired at the time and wanted to rest for a while before moving the car. After completing the formalities, the front desk didn't give me a room card and asked me to move the car with a very determined attitude. I said I would put my luggage in the room first. The female service staff at the front desk said that she would come down to move the car in 10 minutes. I asked her where to park? She said she would park in the underground parking lot of the center. I asked her if there was a parking space? She said she didn't know and she had to find it herself. It was so annoying. I could only put my luggage first and then move the car. When I got to the room, the waiter was still mopping the floor. I touched the sheets and they were wet. I asked her to change them, but the waiter didn't understand and called the front desk. I said you can come and see for yourself. The older lady at the front desk came up and told the waiter to change the dry sheets. I really don't understand why they had to give me wet sheets when there were dry sheets? After we changed the sheets, we went out to look for a parking space. We went around and around looking for a parking space. Maybe it was the weekend, so parking spaces were hard to find. We used the navigation to go around and around and finally parked the car in the underground garage. We were exhausted both physically and mentally. It was already past 9 o'clock in the evening when we walked back to the hotel. It was a very unhappy experience.

The hotel is in an excellent location, only a few minutes away from the train station. Some of the rooms in the hotel have been renovated, but the room I stayed in was not renovated because it was a budget room. The room is underground. The walls and carpets in the corridor are dark in color and there is insufficient light. It feels a bit gloomy. The furniture in the room is shabby, the carpet is dull and the hair is falling off. I feel uncomfortable. I stayed for two nights and stayed there the next day. Skin allergies appear. Moreover, because it is a ”affordable” (hotel definition) room, it does not provide distilled water or a water boiler, nor does it provide free tea bags or coffee. The most outrageous thing is that there are no water cups, and the plastic cups used for brushing teeth will be taken away the next day! We booked five rooms. I stayed in an ”affordable” room, but the hotel did not indicate in advance that the room I stayed in did not provide the above items, so I just thought that compared with the other four rooms, my room was smaller. That’s all.

Stayed 1 night in this hotel only because it was fully booked! ): Location wise - excellent. Walking distance from La Spezia train station, only 8 min walk. Manageable with luggages. Walk to city center and port is also easy and around 15mins only. Because of the good location, we didn’t have to spend on Transportation! Nearby there are many shops to get water, there is also a Carrefour 300m away. Safe area with lots of local shops. Rooms are very spacious and clean. Bed is comfortable. There is a nice balcony to chill like an italian. They provide basic toilet amenities and even 2 bottles of water. Toilet is clean. Only bad thing is water pressure is quite slow so bath time takes long. However, the large and spacious room makes up for it. Room is also very quiet for a good night’s sleep. I slept very well. Check in office is at another location around 100m away from property. Do note it is not at the same area. Plus point is property had a small elevator for heavyweight luggages. Most italian buildings do not have elevators Will definitely recommend this place! Very convenient and affordable. Highly recommend!

Very nice interior so don’t be deceived by the old outer building◡̈. Once inside it’s totally different◡̈.

It is a very authentic B&B. The room is also clean. The shampoo and shower gel is from an Italian brand. There is sufficient hot water supply to relieve fatigue. However, the mattress is a bit soft, but it is acceptable for one night's stay. Close doors and windows carefully, there are mosquitoes.

Traffic is not convenient